| Weather pictures & report of February 23 2004 |
| Isolated wintry showers |
| Synopsis: behind cold front advection of unstable polar maritime air from NNW. Temperatures at 850hpa -9°C, at 500 hpa -29°C. During the day some isolated wintry showers developed, but none with lasting white cover. Towards the evening a moderate shower of snow turned the landscape a bit "brighter" in my area. All photographs taken at Kampenhout in CET. |
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| Satellite picture of 17:29 CET showing isolated showers
over the low countries. The one with the yellow arrow turned up over
my area around sunset, leaving "white trails". (Source: NOAA
& University of Bern)
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| 15:35 NNE. Wet white precipitation on its way, with
even a mamma feature.
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17:45 N. Darkening sky for another wintry shower towards sunset.
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17:50 N. Lowering sun illuminating the precipitation.
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17:56 NNE. Shower coming closer with a burst of wintry precipitation.
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18:15 NE. Light shower of snow for 15 minutes or so, leaving at last
some trails of snow on the ground.
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